Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-12
A GREAT JUDGES START.

One of the public men of Albany, sitting
in the reading-room of Broadway hotel
yesterday, picked up a paper and saw an
item about Dominic Myers, the ancient
clergyman who died recently at Port
Huron. Let me tell you something" he
said, that never has been printed, and |
think is known to but few persons. Nearly
sixty years ago, when the dominic was a
young man, he was pastor of a little church
back of Albany. One day he ordered some
charcoal from burner i'll the vicinity, and
load was brought to his house BIZ sooty-
faced boy. While the youth was carrying
the charcoal in, the dominic stood by the
wagon, and he noticed shingle with some
figures on it, lying on the seat. He picked
up the shingle and found a problem of
Euclid worked out upon it in charcoal,
roughly but correctly. The dominic ques-
toned the boy and learned that he had
picked up an old book somewhere, and
was studying mathematics from it. without
assistance or guidance. He became in
terested in the lad and offered to take him
into his home and educate him. The boy
eagerly accepted the offer, and the next
day he appeared, with his Euclid and his
small stock of clothing in little bundle.
The dominic taught the lad all he could,
and then sent him to school. He graduated
VIII IlOHOIS at huiStIS COlleSe III 1oOOi anu
three years later was admitted to the bar
of New Jersey. He married into one of
the wealthy families of New York, and his
early life as a charcoal-burner is never re-
ferred to now. In 1876 his vote made
Hayes President of the United States
What is his pane? Well, every Christmas
while he lived, Dominic Myers received a
present of 500 from Joseph P. Bradley,
Justice ofthe United States SupremeCourt.'
Ne,0 York Corr. Baltimore american.
THE BIRD AND THE LooKING-GLAss.
Do you know the little canaries you keep
in cages are fond of mirrors? We have
seen little girls, and older ones, too, who
were fond of mirrors; but who ever heard
of birds that used them? l will tell you
about little canary that lives at the house
where l board.
Some time ago our landlady got a canary
and put it in a cage alone. The little bird
was taken from large cage holding dozen
birds. He was very homesick and lone
some, Just as you would be if taken away
of among entire strangers, away from
mamma, papa, sisters, brothers, and every
body you ever knew.
Just so our little birdie cried and
moaned, and would not eat nor sing. 1t
wanted to go home and see its mamma. That
was too Dad, wasn't il? The lady did all
she could to comfort it, and make it feel
at home. She talked to it and petted it.
giving it clean water, good seeds, apples,
and everything she thought it would like.
But it was of no use birdie kept crying
and wouldn't make friends, but wanted to
go home.
One day his mistress brought him large
piece of broken mirror, as big as my two
hands and placed it on one side of his cage,
where he could see it readily. Do you sup
pose he cared anything for that? Indeed
be did. He hoped down, and going close
up looked in, appearing to be perfectly
delighted He chirped, and hoped about,
singing and putting on all the airs he was
master Of He was not homesick at all
after that.
He spends much of his time before the
glass, and when he goes to sleep at night
he will cuddle down just as close to the
glass as he can get. You see, he thinks
he is sleeping close beside that other little
bird.
His mistress often lets him out into the
room where he can have more liberty.
She may put the glass anywhere in the
room, and he will find it, and spend most
of his time before it.
One dav the little fellow acted very
naughty. | think l shall have to tell 1t
lust as it was. He got real angry and tried
TO get into fight! II all happened because
he wanted his own way and could not get
it. He went up to the glass so lovingly,
and tried to coax the other bird to come
and play with him somewhere else. .he
looking-glass bird would not follow him,
Int went the other way every time. Then
the canary got provoked, and flying at the
bird in the glass, tried to have real fight
with him. He tried il only once, and then
he looked SO ashamed of it. The blame,
YOU see. was all on one side, and shows
how foolish it is to get angry and pick a
quarrel.
Like all folks that spend so much time
before the glass, he is getting very vain.
He washes himself before the large mirror
in the room, pluming his feathers, and
making his toilet with much satisfaction.
He spends such long time at it, looking
AT himself, first over one shoulder, then
over the other Vain little fellow, ism :
he? Don't you think he acts good deal
ike a human beiug2 Did you ever see
any one do as be does ?-D. W., Youths In
Striietor.